Rapidgrid Limited
Registered name: RAPIDGRID LIMITED
Part of Rapidgrid Group of Companies Limited groupRapidgrid Limited made £17.4m revenue and £363k profit in the year to 29 Apr 2025.
Rapidgrid Limited’s revenue grew 5% to £17.4m in the year to 29 Apr 2025, with £363k profit and 90 employees. The company is classified under “construction of other civil engineering projects” and is based in Aberdare; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Aberdare, Wales
- Age
- 36 yrs · since 1990
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Part of a group. The filing indicates this company sits within a group structure, so its results may depend on intra-group trading and it may be hard to replicate independently.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 29 Apr 2022 | 29 Apr 2023 | 29 Apr 2024 | 29 Apr 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £18.7m | £20.2m | £16.5m | £17.4m |
| Cost of sales | £16.5m | £17.3m | £13.9m | £14.7m |
| Gross profit | £2.2m | £2.9m | £2.6m | £2.7m |
| Operating profit | £791k | £747k | £628k | £522k |
| Profit before tax | £781k | £758k | £637k | £520k |
| Profit after tax | £626k | £599k | £451k | £363k |
| Profit (best available) | £626k | £599k | £451k | £363k |
| Staff costs | £3.9m | £4m | £3.5m | £3.7m |
| Employees (average) | 100 | 102 | 86 | 90 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 3.4% | 3% | 2.7% | 2.1% |
| Gross margin | 11.8% | 14.5% | 15.6% | 15.5% |
| Revenue per employee | £187k | £198k | £192k | £193k |
| Profit per employee | £6.3k | £5.9k | £5.2k | £4k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲7.9% | ▼18.2% | ▲5.3% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼4.4% | ▼24.8% | ▼19.4% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲2% | ▼15.7% | ▲4.7% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £2.3m | £1.7m | £1m | £456k |
| Net assets | £2m | £2m | £2.3m | £2.3m |
| Fixed assets | £98.4k | £63.5k | £58.9k | £1.2k |
| Current assets | £10m | £6.6m | £6.2m | £6.8m |
| Debtors | £2.9m | £2.1m | £2.2m | £3.4m |
| Deferred income | £2.4m | £1m | £755k | £744k |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Jan 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Jan 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 2.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 15.5%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £193k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £4k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 4.3%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 19.5%
- Money owed by customers. Low = customers pay quickly.
Balance-sheet signals
Year-on-year changes in filed balance-sheet items. They can hint at momentum (or investment) but are not revenue or profit and must not be read as such.
- Net assets
- ▲1%
- Now £2.3m
- Cash at bank
- ▼55%
- Now £456k
- Headcount
- ▲5%
- Now 90
- Deferred income
- ▼1%
- Now £744k
- Fixed assets
- ▼98%
- Now £1.2k
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Rapidgrid Group of Companies Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Rapidgrid Holdings Limited75–100%
- Rapidgrid Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 29 Apr 2025 (profit £363k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jan 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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